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Halloween Treats

I have a case of Halloween Fever curable only with table full of treats!

Since Target is one of my favorite Haunts, I’ve been creeping along the aisles for several weeks now, exercising caution & restraint~ until recently. . .

When these Scary Skeletal Hands reached out and grabbed me~ fortunately they prefer to hold a munchkin pumpkin in their clutches instead. . .

My centerpiece inspiration came from Pinterest~ where I tracked downa candy vasedesigned to satisfy anytrick-or-treater’s sweet tooth. . . filled with an assortment of candy including Ghost Peeps, licorice, and candy corn~ and limited only by your imagination.

Easy to scare up on a budget if you’re shopping the aisles of Dollar Tree.

Inspired by Candy Skewers also found on Pinterest from here~ I combined orange slices, Halloween Peeps, licorice from Target and Dollar Tree.

Polka-Dotted Pails for party favors (from the dollar bin at Target)~ are filled with Pixie Styx, and sinister looking Skull Cookie Pops from Dollar Treefor some frightful fun & tied with ribbon from Michael’s~

79 comments for “Halloween Treats”

What a HUGELY fun post! Turning string cheese into fingers to serve with soup is sheer brilliance, and I love the Halloween candy skewers. You’ve given me great ideas here, not to mention lots of eye candy (if you’ll pardon the pun).

Mary, Halloween fever hasn’t hit me yet, but now that I’m back in the states it won’t be long. Just need to catch my breath and get back into the rhythm of daily life. Your table is making me smile from ear to ear. Such cute, clever ideas. I can just imagine the fun you had pulling this all together. Great job as always! Thanks for the inspiration.

i am cracking up, first i was so happy to see you had a 100% candy table, i know i have the palette of a 5 year old and i was so excited to see you sharing my passion… until i read you don’t like candy corn… i will trade figs for candy, k?

i love this, truly my way to start the day! ok minus the finger soup… but i love it! and of course i can not recreate it because unlike you i would eat every single bite… fun post!

This is sooo cute! I love your version of the treat skewers and the candy vases.. the quilt is remarkable and the dishes perfectly understated for all the pretties on the table.. My grands would love to be sitting with you! xo marlis (who would too)

Fabulous, absolutely fabulous! I just made the candy vase too, but it is nothing compared to this extravaganza! Three vases is three times the fun. Target has been great this year hasn’t it? I love your shooters and your parfaits too. I could just transport this table to my house for our big dinner!

This is so cute and festive, Mary! You’ve been very creative, as usual. I have to tell you I found the witch fingers in the soup shooters sooo creepy. Very effective for Halloween. ;) Thanks again for sharing your wonderful tables and Happy Halloween (a bit early) to you.

Your creativity knows NO bounds!!! And my delight is endless!!!! This is fabulous and TRUE eye candy:):) I don’t care for the taste of candy corn either so I use it as filler in vases with candles too!!! Thanks for this scary, frightfully wonderful treat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XO, Pinky PS, don’t know why I didn’t get a notice of this post??

This is sooo fun!! My favorite part is the skeleton finger cheese sticks, but I also love the centerpiece, the party favor pails, and the creepy hand holding that pumpkin!! Gotta look for one of those!! You have such great ideas!

I don’t know which hurts more, my teeth from all the sweets or my cheeks from smiling at how cute it all is. The hand… I would have given my right hand for one of those for my tablescape. Argh – THAT’s what I should have done.

This is all so amazingly creative and cool, but those scary skull cookie pops are going to haunt my dreams tonight. Man….I wish I hadn’t seen those this late at night!!! Oh, no…I took an Ambien which means I will be TRAPPED in the dream with the spooky skull cookie pop! This is bad. This is very, very bad. My worst nightmares are going to come true vis a vis a cookie pop! :-) I wish I had the wherewithall to put something like this together for my granddaughter and my husband’s grandkids. I have such a hard time creating tablescapes that appeal to children. I could learn a lot from you on that. Adults, though, would go ga-ga over those cheese stick fingers with the almond nails!!! What a great idea!!! You have given me some inspiration to at least TRY to do a Halloween table. I’ll TRY. TRY. :-) You rocked it, sister! Have a great week!

So now I’m kicking my butt for not buying those cute little pails when I saw them in the dollar spot @ Target. If I weren’t so OCD a/b them not having any paint scratches! Love every detail. You should be an event planner and get paid for this! Love the candy corn parfaits idea. So thankful my kids aren’t asleep to see all that candy b/c I know they would be wanting that in our home!

What a fun table..love your centerpiece idea! You are very creative. It is such a happy table with lots of eye candy! I have one question?????? Who is going to eat all that candy??????
Blessings My Friend,

What a fantastic tablescape, I love everything you’ve put on it, such great elements of Halloween you have, specially all the goodies! Wish there were things like this around where I live. Anyway, come over for some Halloween dinner, love to have you! Hugs, FABBY

Mary, YOU know how to make a party & set a table. Girl that is the cutest thing I have ever seen. YOU are an inspiration to me. Your tables, decor, food & photography blow my minds. THANK YOU for sharing. HUGS!
Charlene
Elle said to tell the girls hello. She got to go on her boat last weekend & loved it. Hope you are enjoying yours.

What a treat!! I’m not a fan of candy corn either, but I love the fun look of your table! The soup shooters and witch fingers look so yummy. and the way you layered the glass vases and added skewers is the cutest. Happy Halloween!

I love the candy skewers, and how you layered the candy in the vases, and of course, I took your links to Christmas and Easter to see how you used the vases there too! Always clever and creative. Oh, and the parfaits are darling, but the idea of putting a candy corn on each spoon is sooo cute! Thanks!

I’m not diabetic, but this would put me into diabetic shock, and I’d sure have a great time getting there. So many creative things to see…takes the term ‘eye candy’ to a whole new level. I was particularly captured by the quilt/tablecloth. I’ll be in the vicinity of Kohl’s tomorrow afternoon, and I plan to make a stop. Thank you for inviting us to your delightful, whimsical table. Cherry Kay

What a fun spooky table in a Perfect setting. I loved the parfaits and cheese fingers but had to chuckle at your true confession about the candy corn. My son quotes lines from the movie Elf all the time so he would surely remind you that candy corn is of the five main food groups!

SWEEEEEET, Mary! It all looks so good! I will send my 4 little grands over, they would eat it all, but no vegetables! :)
I love the table. And I also love that you took the time to publish the source of your Pinterest ideas. So many are not doing that!
Here from Seasonal Sunday, I know yours was sweet, someone has to eat all that candy! :)

I am so glad you linked this again, I hadn’t seen the soup shooters or candy corn parfaits before! Your witches fingers and sooo creepy! The candy corn parfaits are adorable, much preferable to the real stuff! Your candy vases are “eye popping” for sure! The whole thing is like going to Halloween Candy Land, fun things to see and eat everywhere!
Jenna

You got me with your candy centerpiece! I couldn’t see anything else on your table! lol I had to go back and relook at it all….definitely eye candy for me! I love your parfaits and your squash soup simply divine. Still thinking about all that candy….and I won’t even eat any candy corn! I love the chocolate! Just too cute!
Blessings my Friend,

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